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jansing and company's chris jansing joins us now. you have been on the road a lot this year to some very terrible places in the wake of some very serious american tragedies, but this one, if i dare say it, seems a little bit different. give us your sense of your take on the move -- as far as the mood on the ground and how the community is reacting m days since the tragedy. >> alex, it would be difficult to even begin to try to express the depth and the breadth of the pain that this community is feeling and will feel all weeklong. the first of a series of funerals is getting underway right now. i'll show you a page from the local paper, and there are two pages of obituaries of children. we've just learned that governor dan malloy has shown up at the funeral of little noah, 6 years old, noah posner, who has a twin and an 8-year-old sister, and there was a heartbreaking question asked in his obituary. how do you capture the essence of a 6-year-old in just a few words? when i first came here on friday, alex, i was talking to the local pr
jansing and company's chris jansing joins us now. you have been on the road a lot this year to some very terrible places in the wake of some very serious american tragedies, but this one, if i dare say it, seems a little bit different. give us your sense of your take on the move -- as far as the mood on the ground and how the community is reacting m days since the tragedy. >> alex, it would be difficult to even begin to try to express the depth and the breadth of the pain that this...
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chris, could you give us an update? >> what we do know from pete williams, and you reported this earlier, that there were some reports, and he got this from a federal official that, some children had been shot, but we are getting descriptions from people on the scene that are as horrifying as you could possibly imagine of doors being, you know, kicked down and federal officials as well as local officials going in with their guns drawn. obviously, trying to secure the situation. there were also reports that at least part of the shooting took place in a kindergarten classroom, so we're talking about 5-year-old kids who are facing such a horrific situation and, finally, we will tell you that governor malloy is being updated both by state police and by federal officials, but an absolutely horrendous scene being described as some of these early reports are coming in from people who are in there, alex. >> chris, in terms of this, we've been talking a little bit about this reverse 911 call, which makes it sound like some stude
chris, could you give us an update? >> what we do know from pete williams, and you reported this earlier, that there were some reports, and he got this from a federal official that, some children had been shot, but we are getting descriptions from people on the scene that are as horrifying as you could possibly imagine of doors being, you know, kicked down and federal officials as well as local officials going in with their guns drawn. obviously, trying to secure the situation. there were...
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thanks for joining us. >> hi, alex. nice to be here. >> so, zeek, let's talk about these various threads that have emerged since friday, and the first piece is the mental illness question, which clearly there are no -- there are no answers to this. the linkage that we're seeing, people are drawing a direct causal link between violence and mental illness doesn't seem to exist. as i said, the lancet says that less than 3% to 5% of american crimes are -- involve people with mental illness, and in fact, it's mentally ill that are more likely to be victims of crimes than perpetrators. >> so let's go back and, first of all, set a little bit of the table around mental illness. about 5% or 6% of the american population has serious mental illness. now, many of us will have transitory mental conditions, conditions related to situational depression or other things, but about 5% have serious mental illness. the second thing i think that is very important for people to understand is that this is we have a lot of people that get ment
thanks for joining us. >> hi, alex. nice to be here. >> so, zeek, let's talk about these various threads that have emerged since friday, and the first piece is the mental illness question, which clearly there are no -- there are no answers to this. the linkage that we're seeing, people are drawing a direct causal link between violence and mental illness doesn't seem to exist. as i said, the lancet says that less than 3% to 5% of american crimes are -- involve people with mental...
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tell us what this -- where are we? give us a road map here, because those of us on the outside looking up to capitol hill for some explanation are flummexed at best. the amendment to plan b, the cantor addendum, are we any closer to an actual deal? >> no one necessarily knows for sure, alex, but what i can tell you is i spoke to a number of members last night who are sort of establishment republicans, and they said, look, we don't necessarily know what exactly the speaker is doing unless this is some sort of a large plan that he and obama have together so that he gets to be able to show the more conservative members of his congress that he is doing all he can to prevent some sort of large scale deal in a would have a massive tax increase from happening. something happened on monday that we don't know about. if you read the newspaper articles, if you talk to people, it seemed like the two sides were close. obama put 400,000. boehner afters at a million. obama said i couldn't take 700,000 or $800,000 in terms of the tax
tell us what this -- where are we? give us a road map here, because those of us on the outside looking up to capitol hill for some explanation are flummexed at best. the amendment to plan b, the cantor addendum, are we any closer to an actual deal? >> no one necessarily knows for sure, alex, but what i can tell you is i spoke to a number of members last night who are sort of establishment republicans, and they said, look, we don't necessarily know what exactly the speaker is doing unless...
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reminding us what he did write, reminding us how he got elected and reminding us even though he's been marginalized a bit, a time when he you didn't hear a lot of republicans citing him, i mean he knew how to bring -- >> that time still exists today, i think, to a certain degree. >> but he didn't have these problems with hispanic voters. he did very well. from texas, he understands. he literally and symbolically threw his arms around hispanics and it wasn't that complicated. i think he's both -- when he says we have to remember the contributions of minorities, he's also saying and contributions of me. >> and keep in mind, when rick perry made it an issue of having a heart and compassion, he was ridiculed by the party for taking it there and now it's really interesting, it's a testament to the sea change or well the results of the election, that george w. bush is, a, let out of the basement, and b, can say that without an insurrection in his party. >> but this is what bush has always done well. it's always that soul language. it's always that compassionate conservative inflection. what
reminding us what he did write, reminding us how he got elected and reminding us even though he's been marginalized a bit, a time when he you didn't hear a lot of republicans citing him, i mean he knew how to bring -- >> that time still exists today, i think, to a certain degree. >> but he didn't have these problems with hispanic voters. he did very well. from texas, he understands. he literally and symbolically threw his arms around hispanics and it wasn't that complicated. i think...
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not law-abiding gun use. they would support amendments to carry guns on amtrak, national parks and bars and what i would call the notorious stand your ground legislation. do you think that agenda, if it has more exposure in this debate, i mean if the president read off those things in the state of the union, do you think that would drive a wedge between the average gun owner and the nra's national agenda? >> it would start a debate. look, it's not the job of reporters to carry one side of an argument. if the nra is making an argument and no one is making one against them, it has a consequence for the debate. what the gun control side has lacked for a long time is a powerful grassroots group that actually has the muscle and the money to force the conversation, to force leaders and lawmakers and presidents to talk about it. so you don't have a solution or problems -- >> i think we're abdicating responsibility there. we talk about, you know, far right and left and act like we're having a balanced debate. it's ra
not law-abiding gun use. they would support amendments to carry guns on amtrak, national parks and bars and what i would call the notorious stand your ground legislation. do you think that agenda, if it has more exposure in this debate, i mean if the president read off those things in the state of the union, do you think that would drive a wedge between the average gun owner and the nra's national agenda? >> it would start a debate. look, it's not the job of reporters to carry one side of...
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country supports us doing it and we're going to do it right now. it's a little bit the inverse of the republican argument that if we give you tax hikes now, how do we know we're getting the spending cuts later. democrats are saying the same thing, but in reverse. >> they feel they have the wind in their sails, not only because of the election, but people talk about debt ceiling being leverage. it would not be good for their party. >> that's exactly right. >> let's hear from jen first, ezra. i have a policy question for you. >> i think the debt limit is something that republicans are willing to put out there and hold over the democrats' head, as crazy as that is, but at the same time, there are a couple of dynamics, political dynamics, going on here. one, if you look at the exit polling from the election, it's not just that democrats in washington feel strongly about taxes going up on the high income, the american people, two-thirds of the american people -- >> including republicans. >> -- feel strongly. so look what happened post-debt limit 2011, t
country supports us doing it and we're going to do it right now. it's a little bit the inverse of the republican argument that if we give you tax hikes now, how do we know we're getting the spending cuts later. democrats are saying the same thing, but in reverse. >> they feel they have the wind in their sails, not only because of the election, but people talk about debt ceiling being leverage. it would not be good for their party. >> that's exactly right. >> let's hear from...
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